At the rate FUNimation is going, the entire licensed Gonzo library of anime is going to be available on YouTube which is a whole lot of material that's generally been well received by casual anime fans for years. The latest additions to the YouTube library come in the form of Vandread and Witchblade, both of which saw releases this past year in a couple of different forms. Vandread is a twenty-six episode series and you can see the first episode here. Witchblade is a twenty-four episode series based off of the original comic by Image Comics but taken in another direction. You can view the first episode here.
Witchblade: Sought by the greed of Men since the dawn of Humankind, but only bestowed upon the woman whose fate it forever scars: the Witchblade. Is it the Righteous Sword of God, of the Hand of the Devil Himself? Now a new bearer has been chosen and she must discover the answers for herself. As she stands on the brink of destiny, she is forced to seek the balance between ecstasy and ruin...
Masane Amaha is a woman on the fringe of society, bouncing rootless from town to town with her daughter, Rihoko. She struggles to build a life for her family, with no memory of the past and no clue as to what the future holds. But upon their arrival back in Tokyo forces conspire to separate parent from child, unleashing the fury of the Witchblade.
Vandread: The battle of the sexes may seem bad on Earth, but in a space colony far, far away, things are even worse. Men and women havent seen each other for decades, so they dont just argue in the future they go straight for each others throats. Enter lowly Hibiki, a little guy with big dreams of adventure, who finds himself in the middle of a firefight after stowing away in a top secret mech designed to purge the galaxy of estrogen! But as the gender war rages on, a mysterious crystal weapon forever links their starships and their destinies. Time is running out as men and women explore their sexual differences, struggle to suppress raging hormones, and fight to survive the threat of a deadly common foe!
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